Monday Morning...

Weekend is over.
We rested, we ate, we had fun.

Monday Morning rolls along...
Early alarm goes off.
Husband goes to work.
Children go to school

and now it's time for me and my crafts...


It's also time for a little song....

♪ ♫ ♪
Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' crafting all of the time

Monday Monday, ...

♪ ♫ ♪

I'm dancing my way to my working table, hope you do too!
Have a creative week!!

Obsesive Compulsing Crafting

We needed to put all our Photoshop fun to good use, so while our current project dries in the garage, we came up with these...

Vintage optometrist lenses turned into charms

Another example of our OCC: Obsessive Compulsive Crafting.
You know what we are talking about. If you visit this site often, you probably suffer from the same condition.

Come on, just say it:
My name is.................and I'm an Obsessive Compulsive Crafter!

Now let's hurry back to the garage and finish painting...the rain is supposed to be back this afternoon!

I wish for...

Christmas Eve is always a very exciting and long day for us. Throughout the years, we have kept our Argentinian tradition of opening gifts at Midnight, something that our kids always appreciated: no need to wait until Christmas morning to be surprised!

This year, Christmas Eve Dinner was at Clara's.
The house really glowed!

Candles, glitter and twinkle lights lent the perfect atmosphere to a special night...

At the dinner table, each one of us received a little Christmas ornament.

Our names and the year was written on each one...

Before the food was served, Clara asked us to write on a little piece of paper she had prepared, our wishes for 2010.
Some shared their thoughts: health, work and love were popular...some other wishes were secret...

Finally, each one of us rolled the little piece of paper keeping our most precious thoughts and pushed them inside the little ornament.

Our little Christmas balls became our own time capsule!
Next year, on Christmas Eve will open them up...will our wishes change?...will our wishes come true?
Only time will tell.

Playing tag...

Before it became "too dangerous" to be played in schools, playing tag was one of our favorite activities...and still is! Adapted to our older years, our new version of tagging (gift tags, that is) does not include running or an open space. But just like our childhood game does not require any special training, connects you with friends and it's a lot of fun!

This is the perfect project if you are new in the paper-glitter-scissor (sounds like another fave game) world or if you are trying to entertain the kids during a raining afternoon. The blank tags can be purchased in several stores from Michael's to Office Depot and pretty much any method or supply can be used to embellish them: pretty paper scraps, stamps, trims, buttons, rhinestones, decoupage.....Gifts tags don't only finish a pretty wrapping they also can be used around the house as little pieces of handmade love.

A tag given to our friend Ana Laura for her B-day now embellishes a lampshade.

A Thankgiving tag decorates now a Fall vignette while reminding us of the friend that made it.

Clara made sweet personalized tags and used them as place settings during our Valentine's Lunch. She paired them up with a fabric envelope full of candies, of course, I still display mine on my desk area.

So next time you need to present someone with a gift, grab all your supplies, come out and play tag! Ditch the Hallmark card and let the Art Fairy inspire you. The recipient will love it as much as the gift itsef!

I would thank you from the bottom of my heart,

but for you, my heart has no bottom.

~Author Unknown~